Modifying responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of certain law-enforcement employees

SB 113 modifies West Virginia law to require a new law-enforcement agency to reimburse the original agency for training costs when an employee leaves their initial jurisdiction to join another agency within the state. It directly affects law-enforcement employees who switch agencies and the agencies themselves. The bill mandates that the new agency reimburses the original agency for wages, benefits, tuition, and expenses paid for training, spread equally over two years. This replaces previous provisions that allowed employees to repay employers if leaving within one year, clarifying that reimbursement responsibility shifts to the new agency.